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Hubbard County surveyor reports progress toward full re-monumentation, cites 3,664 total corners
Summary
County surveyor Ryan Miller told the Hubbard County Board the office certified roughly 3,391 of 3,664 corners, set 50 new corners in the year and completed 41 resets; he said nearly all monuments now include high-accuracy GPS coordinates and the office aims for 100% re‑monumentation.
Ryan Miller, reappointed this meeting as Hubbard County surveyor, told commissioners the survey office has 3,664 total monumentation corners and had 3,391 certified or set as of December. "For total monumentation, we have 3,664 total corners," Miller said, adding the office set 50 new corners this year, up from about 30 the previous year.
Miller gave a technical rundown of operations and maintenance, saying 41 resets were completed—work usually tied to road construction that temporarily removes monuments—and that almost all monuments now have high-accuracy Hubbard County GPS coordinates. He said six monuments still lack computed coordinates because the monuments themselves are not currently in the ground.
The report noted the office performed 17 surveys requiring field work or subdivision of sections, addressed 25 survey-related issues for other county departments, and wrote six easements and legal descriptions for county properties. Miller described working with other counties on boundary projects and continuing to update online corner and survey maps with county staff; he credited staff member Jack for helping prepare maps used in the presentation.
Miller described field challenges, including an example this year of discovering an old cast-iron monument first recorded in 1901 and more than a century in the ground. On why older legal descriptions are sometimes rewritten, Miller said non-surveyors may have written earlier descriptions and his goal is to remove ambiguity by adding exact bearings and calling out monuments in the ground.
Commissioners asked whether private resurvey disputes (where new surveys change buildable lots) have occurred in Hubbard County; Miller said he had not encountered a case like the Becker County example mentioned and reiterated that outcomes typically depend on what records and legal descriptions exist. He also explained offsets in township lines as 'standard parallels' inserted historically to compensate for the curvature of the earth.
Miller said the office's goal is to continue filling remaining gaps—"we're just continuing to to try to get those all done"—and to move toward a maintenance regime once the re‑monumentation work is complete. The next steps include finishing a few rough-area corners that require additional field work and continuing public map updates.
The board reappointed Miller to a four-year term (02/06/2026–02/05/2030) and administered the oath of office during the meeting.
